Cloisonné furniture or cosmetic box plaque with three frontal heads, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 1.02 x 2.52 x 0.51 in. (2.59 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm), Ivory/Bone-Vessels, Three frontal heads are carved in low relief on this fragmentary, convex ivory plaque. This piece was found in what has been identified as the royal residency of Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign
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Cloisonné furniture, cosmetic box plaque, three frontal heads, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th–7th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 1.02 x 2.52 0.51, 2.59 6.4 1.3 cm, Ivory/Bone-Vessels, Three frontal, heads, carved, low relief, fragmentary, convex ivory, plaque, piece, identified, royal residency, Fort Shalmaneser, building, store tribute, booty collected, Assyrians, military campaign
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